How is the enterprise dealing with the realities of far-spread data distribution in an increasingly digital world? Global business looks to the emergence of true private cloud computing that fundamentally focuses on bringing the cloud experience to distributed data.

Looking to explore this and more, SiliconANGLE is at VMworld 2017, taking place in Las Vegas, Nevada, with exclusive commentary and interviews from our roving news desk, theCUBE. (* Disclosure below.) For the five-day conference, VMware Inc. brings together top thought leaders and information technology experts to discuss the technology, trends and people who are shaping the future of digital business.

Check out theCUBE’s VMworld 2017 preview below:

After predicting earnings upside earlier this month, VMware announced fiscal second-quarter revenue last week of $1.9 billion. Earnings, adjusted for stock option expense and amortization costs, were $1.19 per share.

The virtualization giant has started branching out into new areas, such as desktop virtualization, endpoint management, hyperconverged infrastructure and network virtualization. It recently updated its vSphere 6.5 platform, VMware’s flagship platform for implementing and managing virtual machine infrastructure on a large scale.

VMware and Amazon Web Services Inc. announced a partnership last October that would assist enterprises in integrating their VMware environments with the AWS cloud. The service was originally scheduled for a mid-2017 release, but no further details have been released. TheCUBE team will be hoping for additional details of how the agreement will work to be unveiled at VMworld, and with a large number of sessions focusing on AWS at the conference, it seems like a strong possibility. A recent report also indicated that the two former rivals were collaborating on a new data center product targeting hybrid cloud users.   

“VMware is — and will remain — an essential enterprise technology for at least another two technology generations. Nonetheless, the steps the company and its ecosystem take now will shape enterprise technology options for years to come. As other, cloud-native technologies further mature, VMworld 2017 may be the most important gathering of VMware pros in years,” said Peter Burris, chief research officer at Wikibon.

Read Burris’ post for additional details of what you can expect at VMworld.

General session speakers at VMworld 2017 include various VMware executives, including Pat Gelsinger, chief executive officer; Sanjay Poonen, chief operating officer, customer operations; and Ray O’Farrell, executive vice president and chief technology officer.

Other speakers include Michael Dell, chairman and chief executive officer of Dell Technologies Inc.; Hugh Herr, professor and director of the Biomechatronics Group at MIT Media Lab; Rana el Kaliouby, scientist at University of Cambridge and chief executive officer and co-founder of Affectiva Inc.; and Peter Weinstock, director of pediatric simulator program at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.  

How to watch theCUBE interviews

There are various ways to watch all of theCUBE interviews that will be taking place at VMworld, including SiliconANGLE TV and YouTube. You can also get all the coverage from the event on SiliconANGLE.

TheCUBE’s coverage for day one starts today at 10:30 a.m. till 7:00 p.m. PDT.

SiliconANGLE TV

You can watch all of theCUBE’s exclusive interviews and commentary from VMworld on the dedicated SiliconANGLE TV page.

Watch on the SiliconANGLE YouTube channel

All of theCUBE interviews from VMworld will also be loaded onto SiliconANGLE’s dedicated YouTube channel.

Cubecasts

SiliconANGLE also has podcasts available of archived interview sessions, available on both SoundCloud and iTunes, which you can enjoy while on the go.

Guests who will be interviewed on theCUBE

TheCUBE has three jam-packed days of interviews at VMworld. Below are some of the guests who will be interviewed on theCUBE, but for a complete list visit the dedicated SiliconANGLE TV page.

Monday, Aug. 28

Guests who will be interviewed on theCUBE at VMworld include keynote speaker Pat Gelsinger, as well as other VM executives Bask Iyer, senior vice president and chief information officer, and Dom Delfino, senior vice president of worldwide sales and systems engineering – software-defined data center.

Other guests include Druva Inc. executives Jaspreet Singh, chief executive officer, and Matthew Morgan, chief marketing officer; and Kaminario Inc. executives Josh Epstein, chief marketing officer, and Eyal David, chief technology officer.

Monday’s lineup also includes Peter McKay, co-chief executive officer and president of Veeam Software Inc., and Brian Biles, chief executive officer and founder of Datrium Inc.

Tuesday, Aug. 29

Guests who will be interviewed on theCUBE at VMworld include keynote speakers Sanjay Poonen and Michael Dell.

Other guests include Dell EMC executives Chad Sakac, president; Jon Siegal, vice president, product marketing; Mike Arterbury, vice president, technology alliances; and Juan Vega, marketing director. Plus, additional guests include IBM executives Calline Sanchez, vice president of IBM Enterprise Systems Storage; Eric Herzog, vice president of marketing for IBM Storage Systems; and Ed Walsh, general manager, storage and software-defined infrastructure.

Wednesday, Aug. 30

Guests who will be interviewed on theCUBE at VMworld include keynote speakers Ray O’Farrell, as well as other VMware executives Yanbing Li, senior vice president and general manager of storage and availability; Robin Matlock, vice president and chief marketing officer; Geoff Waters, vice president, cloud sales; and Chris McCain, director of product management.

Other guests include Dell EMC executives Bob Wambach, vice president of marketing, converged platforms and solutions; Peter Cutts, senior vice president, hybrid cloud platforms; Colin Gallagher, senior director VxRail product marketing; and Beth Phalen, senior vice president and general manager, data protection and availability solutions.  

Wednesday’s lineup also includes Venugopal Pai, vice president of alliances and business development at Nutanix Inc.; Craig Nunes, vice president, marketing at Datrium; and Keegan Riley, vice president and general manager of North American storage at Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

Livestream of VMworld general sessions

If you are unable to attend VMworld in Las Vegas, you can still catch the action via a livestream on the VMworld event page.

Gelsinger and Poonen’s presentation, focusing on the key pillars responsible for reshaping industries takes place on Monday at 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. PDT. While Gelsinger and O’Farrell will present on how a fictional company can transform from industry laggard to industry leader by embracing VMware, partner and open-source technologies on Tuesday at 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. PDT — including a special segment by Dell.

(* Disclosure: TheCUBE is a paid media partner at VMworld 2017. Sponsors have no editorial control over content on theCUBE or SiliconANGLE.)

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